Villans win the Tuesday Morning League

Last week we saw the final session of the Tuesday Morning Teams League with Villans beating Hillbillies 4-2 to seal the League win. In the remaining matches Onchan Royals beat the Bowling Stones 6-0, Vee 3 lost 2-4 to Maxums and Ramsey Raiders beat Early Birds 4-2. This means that Villans have won the League with seventy seven points followed by Onchan Royals with seventy five points and in third place are Ramsey Raiders with seventy points.

In the Premier Pairs Cheesemakers drew 2-2 with Blues Brothers, Villa Boys lost 0-4 to Ramsey Wallys and the Officials drew 2-2 with GG’s. In the remaining matches Northern Lights had a 4-0 win against Villans and Tee Pegs and Spinners drew 2-2. The League has already been won by Cheesemakers who now have fifty seven points followed by Villans on fifty three points and Ramsey Raiders on fifty two points.

The First Division Pairs which has already been won by LIV Bowls saw TOU lose 0-4 to Douglas Old Boys, Tinjo also lose 0-4 to How We Role and Castletown Crofters beat Us2 4-0. In the remaining game there was again a 4-0 scoreline with LIV Bowls beating 1 in 4 which means that as previously mentioned that LIV Bowls finish first with sixty three points with How We Role second with forty eight points and Castletown Crofters third with forty six points.

In the Friday Afternoon Pairs Tinker and Bell lost 0-4 to GG’s, the Watties and Rejects drew 2-2 and High Jacks lost 0-4 to Top Dogs with Woodbourne Reds also losing 0-4 to Sunset Rollers in the one remaining game played. All this means that Top Dogs lead with fifty one points followed by Crown Greeners on forty eight points and Celtic Thunder on forty four points.

The Singles League on Friday last week saw Glynis Drinkwater lose 11-12 to Gordon Corrin, Win Kewley beat Alan College 11-7 and John Kewley beat Marilyn Ellison 27-4. In the remaining two matches we saw Shirley Corrin beat Mike Ashmole 17-10 and Gordon Drinkwater lose 6-19 to Muriel Cain. This means that with one session left to go that Shirley Corrin tops the League with forty points followed by husband Gordon Corrin with thirty seven points and in third place is Win Kewley on thirty one points.

Crown Greeners win the First Division Teams League

The final evening of the Indoor Bowls First Division Teams League started with four teams still having a chance of winning the League Title. Moorganites who were holding the top spot had a bye so this gave Crown Greeners, Optimists and Castletown Crofters an opportunity to wrest first place from them. Optimists did their best to win the title by beating Odd Balls 6-0 and Maxums lost 2-4 to Bowlistics leaving the remaining game between Castletown Crofters and Crown Greeners to decide who won the League. This match ended in a 4-2 win for Crown Greeners which meant that they took the title with forty four points followed by Optimists with forty two points and Moorganites with forty one points.

In the Tuesday Morning Teams League the leaders Villans lost 2-4 to Onchan Royals, Ramsey Raiders beat Hillbillies 6-0 and the Bowling Stones lost 2-4 to Vee 3. In the remaining match Maxums lost 2-4 to Castletown Crofters which meant that with one more round of fixtures left that Villans are top with seventy three points followed by Onchan Royals with sixty nine points and Ramsey Raiders on sixty six points.

The Premier Pairs League saw Cheesemakers beat the Officials 4-0, Villans draw 2-2 with Ramsey Wallys and Blues Brothers beat GG’S 4-0. The remaining two games between Ramsey Raiders and Spinners and Villa Boys and Northern Lights both ended in 2-2 draws meaning that Cheesemakers top the League with fifty five points followed by Villans on fifty three points and Ramsey Raiders with fifty two points.

In the First Division Pairs Liv Bowls who already have an unassailable points lead drew 2-2 with How We Role and Douglas Old Boys beat Us2 4-0. The remaining two matches saw Castletown Crofters draw 2-2 with Generations and Tinjo lose 1-3 to TOU. This means that LIV Bowls are top with fifty nine points followed by How We Role on forty four points and Castletown Crofters on forty two points.

The Friday Afternoon Pairs League saw leaders Top Dogs held to a 2-2 draw by Rejects while second placed Crown Greeners beat the Watties 4-0. In the remaining games the Woodbourne Reds lost 1-3 to Celtic Thunder and GG’s and Sunset Rollers and High Jacks and Tinker and Bell both drew 2-2. All this means that with one more round of fixtures left that Crown Greeners are now in first place with forty eight points followed by Top Dogs with forty seven points and in third place are Celtic Thunder with forty four points.

As always the Indoor Bowls week ended with the Singles League and in this Mike Ashmole lost 9-13 to Marcia Pearson, John Kewley beat Glynis Drinkwater 18-7 and Muriel Cain beat Win Kewley 19-9. In a close match Gordon Drinkwater beat Alan College 11-10 and Marilyn Ellison lost 8-17 to Gordon Corrin meaning that Shirley Corrin who had a bye is in first position with thirty seven points followed by Gordon Corrin on thirty three points and in third place is Glynis Drinkwater on thirty points.

Cheesemakers win Premier Teams League

Wednesday March 8th saw the final matches played in the Premier Teams League with Cheesemakers beating Villans 4-2 to  become League Champions. In the other two matches played Ramsey Wallys beat Saltire 6-0 and Birdies lost 2-4 to Spinners meaning that Cheesemakers topped the League with sixty eight points followed by Ramsey Wallys with fifty nine points and in third place are Villans with fifty three points.

In the Tuesday Morning Teams League Maxums lost 0-6 to Villans, Early Birds beat the Bowling Stones 4-2 and Castletown Crofters drew 3-3 with Onchan Royals while in the remaining match Vee 3 beat Ramsey Raiders 4-2. This means that Villans lead the League on seventy one points followed by Onchan Royals on sixty five points and Ramsey Raiders on sixty points.

The early closure of the NSC last Thursday meant the postponement of the final matches in the First Division Teams League with these matches being rescheduled for Thursday 16th March.

The Premier Pairs saw League leaders Cheesemakers held to a draw by Ramsey Wallys while second placed Villans were also held to a draw by the Officials and Spinners beat GG’s 4-0. Tee Pegs lost 1-3 to Northern Lights and Ramsey Raiders beat Vlla Boys 4-0 leaving Cheesemakers in first position with fifty one points followed by Villans who also have fifty one points and in third place are Ramsey Raiders with fifty points.

In the First Division Pairs LIV Bowls sealed their League Victory with a 3-1 win against Castletown Crofters, Generations and Douglas Old Boys drew 2-2 and TOU beat Enigma 4-0. In the remaining two matches Us2 and Tinjo drew 2-2 and How We Role beat 1 in 4 with a 3-1 scoreline which means that LIV Bowls are top with fifty seven points followed by How We Role on forty two points and in third place are Castletown Crofters with forty points.

The Friday Afternoon Pairs League saw leaders Top Dogs draw 2-2 with the Watties, Celtic Thunder beat GG’s 4-0 and Tinker and Bell lost 0-4 to Crown Greeners. Woodbourne Reds drew 2-2 with Rejects and Sunset Rollers beat High Jacks 4-0 with all this leaving Top Dogs in first place with forty five points followed by Crown Greeners on forty four points and Celtic Thunder with forty one points.

The Singles League on Friday Evening was postponed because of the weather and these fixtures will now be played on Wednesday 29th March.

Indoor Bowls Singles Championship wins for Paula and Bob

Paula Garrett with sponsor Rob Matthews Bob Clark with sponsor Rob Matthews

Last week saw the 3R’s Indoor Bowls Singles Championship take place in the Bowls Hall at the NSC with those who were lucky enough to be spectators being treated to a display of excellent bowling.

In the Ladies Championship there were some great matches at the Quarter Final stage with Win Kewley beating Marilyn Ellison and Paula Garrett beating Caroline Whitehead. In the remaining two matches Glynis Drinkwater beat Muriel Cain and Libby Andrade beat Dee Lewis. This led us to the Semi Finals and Final which were played on Thursday evening and in the first of these we saw Paula Garrett who had previously won the Championship in 2019 and 2020 beat Win Kewley in two straight sets. In the remaining game we saw a closer match with Glynis Drinkwater winning the first set 11-5 and Libby Andrade winning the second one 10-4 which meant a one end tie break which was won by Glynis Drinkwater to take her through to the Final in her first full season of Indoor Bowls.

In the Final Glynis started well and went into an early lead before Paula came back to win the first set 8-3 and in the second set Paula raised her game to win the set 13-2 and become the Ladies Singles Champion for the third time with Glynis being a very worthy runner up.

At the Quarter Finals stage of the 3R’s Men’s Singles Championship we saw Peter Greenlees beat Mike Ashmole and Glen Boland beat the ever consistent veteran Colin Brown. The remaining two games finished with Wayne Roberts beating Mike Moyer and Bob Clark taking the win against Shaun Seal. At the Semi Final stage unfortunately Peter Greenlees had to withdraw to travel to the UK for personal reasons putting Glen Boland straight through to the Final. In the remaining Semi Final those present were treated to a great display of bowling with Bob Clark winning the first set 9-3 and Wayne Roberts winning the second set 8-3 which led to a tie break which saw Bob progress to the Final.

The Final once more saw some great bowls with Bob being too good for Glen on the night winning the first set 10-5 and the second set 10-3 to become the 3R’s Men’s Singles Champion for 2023 and Glen also deserves praise for the way he has improved throughout the season.

Many thanks go to sponsor Rob Matthews of 3R’s for his support and to Win and John Kewley and all those who helped with the staging of the Championships.

Villans challenge Cheesemakers for Premier Pairs

On Monday last week in the Indoor Bowls Premier Pairs League we saw Villans beat GG’S 4-0 to close the gap on Cheesemakers who had a bye. Tee Pegs lost 0-4 to Blues Brothers and Officials and Villa Boys drew 2-2 while Spinners lost 0-4 to Ramsey Wallys. In the remaining game we saw Ramsey Raiders lose 0-4 to Northern Lights and this means that Cheesemakers still lead the League with forty nine points with Villans in second place also with the same number of points but Cheesemakers have a game in hand. Ramsey Raiders who started the season strongly have faded slightly and are now in third place with forty six points.

In the First Division Pairs the leaders LIV Bowls beat Tinjo 4-0, TOU lost 0-4 to Us2 and Castletown Crofters beat 1 in 4 with a similar 4-0 scoreline. The remaining two matches between Generations and How We Role and Enigma and Douglas Old Boys also ended with scores of 0-4. This means that LIV Bowls lead with fifty four points and in second place are How We Role with thirty nine points followed by Castletown Crofters also on thirty nine points.

The Friday Afternoon Pairs saw Celtic Thunder beat League leaders Top Dogs 4-0 and second placed Crown Greeners draw 2-2 with GG’s. Tinker and Bell lost 0-4 to Sunset Rollers, the Watties beat Woodbourne Reds 4-0 and Rejects beat High Jacks also 4-0. The end result of all this is that Tops Dogs are still top with forty three points followed by Crown Greeners on forty points and in third place are Rejects on thirty eight points.

All three matches in the Premier Teams League went to form with Cheesemakers beating Birdies 6-0, Spinners losing 0-6 to Ramsey Wallys and Villans beating Saltire also 6-0. As a result of this Cheesemakers lead with sixty four points with Ramsey Wallys in second place with fifty three points and Villans third with fifty one points.

In the First Division Teams League Crown Greeners beat Odd Balls 4-2, Bowlistics lost 2-4 to Castletown Crofters and Moorganites beat Maxums 4-2. This leaves an interesting battle for the top of the League with Moorganites leading on forty one points followed by Crown Greeners on forty points and Castletown Crofters on thirty points with both the second and third placed teams having a game in hand over the leaders.

The Tuesday Morning Teams League saw leaders Onchan Royals have a bye and second placed Villans beat the Bowling Stones 6-0. Ramsey Raiders beat Maxums 6-0, Castletown Crofters lose 2-4 to Vee3 and Early Birds lose 0-6 to Hillbillies. This meant that Villans moved into first place with sixty five points with Onchan Royals second with sixty two points and Ramsey Raiders third with fifty eight points.

In the Singles League the leader Shirley Corrin was held to 13-13 draw by Marilyn Ellison, Marcia Pearson lost 9-14 to Muriel Cain and Gordon Corrin beat Gordon Drinkwater 12-10. The one remaining game saw Glynis Drinkwater beat Win Kewley 12-11 with all this meaning that Shirley Corrin still leads with thirty seven points followed by her husband Gordon Corrin on thirty points and Glynis Drinkwater also on thirty points.

Can Onchan Royals take the ‘Crown’ in the Tuesday Morning League?

In the Indoor Bowls Tuesday Morning Teams League a 6-0 win for Onchan Royals against Maxums put them in top place in the League and only time will tell whether they can maintain their lead to be crowned Champions. Ramsey Raiders lost 2-4 to Castletown Crofters, Villans beat Early Birds 4-2 and Hillbillies were beaten 2-4 by the Bowling Stones. This means that Onchan Royals are in first place with sixty two points followed by Villans with fifty nine points and in third place are Ramsey Raiders with fifty two points.

A 4-2 win against Ramsey Wallys in the Premier Teams League saw Cheesemakers extend their lead while Spinners lost 2-4 to Saltire and Birdies lost 0-6 to Villans. All this leaves Cheesemakers top with fifty eight points followed by Ramsey Wallys with forty seven points and Villans with forty five points.

In the closely contested First Division Teams League we saw a great performance from one of this seasons new teams the Moorganites as they beat Castletown Crofters 5-1. Optimists and Crown Greeners drew 3-3 and Bowlistics lost 2-4 to Odd Balls. This sees a change at the top with Moorganites moving into first place with thirty seven points followed by Crown Greeners and Optimists both with thirty six points.

The Premier Pairs League saw leaders Cheesemakers held to a 2-2 draw by Tee Pegs and Northern Lights beat Spinners 3-1 while Ramsey Raiders beat the Officials 4-0. In the remaining two games Blues Brothers lost 0-4 to Villans and Ramsey Wallys and GG’s drew 2-2 meaning that Cheesemakers lead with forty nine points followed by Ramsey Raiders with forty six points and Villans on forty five points.

In the First Division Pairs League the leaders LIV Bowls beat Enigma 4-0, How We Role beat Us2 4-0 and Tinjo drew 2-2 with Castletown Crofters. In the remaining games Generations lost 0-4 to TOU and Douglas Old Boys lost 0-4 to 1 in 4. LIV Bowls now lead the League with fifty points and in second place are 1 in 4 with thirty six points with How We Role in third place with thirty five points.

The popular Friday Afternoon Pairs saw Top Dogs beat Sunset Rollers 4-0, Crown Greeners lost 0-4 Rejects and Celtic Thunder drew 2-2 with Tnker and Bell. High Jacks and Woodbourne Reds drew 2-2 and GG’s lost 1-3 to the Watties meaning that Top Dogs are in top spot with forty three points followed by Crown Greeners on thirty eight points and Rejects with thirty four points.

A good performance from Shirley Corrin in the Singles League saw her beat John Kewley 13-8, Muriel Cain lost 7-17 to Mike Ashmole and Allan College beat Gordon Corrin 11-9. Marcia Pearson beat Glynis Drinkwater 22-7 and Marilyn Ellison lost 10-11 to Gordon Drinkwater meaning that Shirley Corrin leads the League with thirty six points with Win Kewley in second place with twenty eight points and Gordon Corrin is third with twenty seven points.

Tough battle for top spot in First Division Teams League

The main story of the Indoor Bowls Season at the moment has to be the close battle for the top place in the First Division Teams League with only two points dividing the top five teams. There were three matches played last week and in these Odd Balls lost 2-4 to Maxums, Bowlistics beat Moorganites 4-2 and Optimists lost 2-4 to Castletown Crofters while leaders Crown Greeners had a bye. All this means that Optimists top the League with thirty three points followed by Crown Greeners and Castletown Crofters who also both have thirty three points. Moorganites then follow with thirty two points while Bowlistics are close behind them with thirty one points.

In the Premier Teams League Villans beat Ramsey Wallys 4-2, Saltire beat Birdies 5-1 and Cheesemakers beat Spinners 6-0. As a result of this Cheesemakers lead the League with fifty four points followed by Ramsey Wallys with forty five points and Villans on thirty nine points.

The Tuesday Morning Teams League saw Hillbillies lose 0-6 to Vee 3, Early Birds beat Maxums 4-2 and Onchan Royals beat Ramsey Raiders 6-0. The remaining match between Castletown Crofters and the Bowling Stones ended as a 3-3 draw and Villans had a bye. The top three in the League now are Onchan Royals in top place with fifty six points followed by Villans with fifty five points and in third place are Ramsey Raiders with fifty points.

There were two 2-2 draws in the Premier Pairs League and these were between Ramsey Wallys and Northern Lights and Villans and Tee Pegs. Villa Boys beat Blues Brothers 4-0, GG’s lost 0-4 to Ramsey Raiders and Spinners lost 1-3 to Cheesemakers. This leaves Cheesemakers in first place with forty seven points followed by Ramsey Raiders on forty two points and Villans on forty one points.

In the First Division Pairs LIV Bowls marched on at the top by beating Douglas Old Boys 4-0, Us2 lost 1-3 to Enigma and How We Role lost 0-4 to Castletown Crofters. TOU and 1 in 4 played out a 2-2 draw as did Tinjo and Generations meaning that LIV Bowls top the League with forty six points followed by Castletown Crofters with thirty three points and 1 in 4 on thirty two points.

The battle at the top of the Friday Afternoons Pairs Teams League has closed a little with leaders Top Dogs being held to a 2-2 draw by Woodbourne Reds and second placed Crown Greeners beating Sunset Rollers 4-0. Rejects beat GG’s 4-0, Tinker and Bell and the Watties drew 2-2 and High Jacks beat Celtic Thunder 4-0 which leaves Top Dogs leading with thirty nine points followed by Crown Greeners with thirty eight points and in third place are Celtic Thunder with thirty one points.

In the Singles League we saw Alan College lose 13-14 to Muriel Cain, Shirley Corrin beat Gordon Drinkwater 10-8 and Win Kewley lose 8-14 to Marilyn Ellison. In the remaining two games Gordon Corrin beat Marcia Pearson 11-10 and John Kewley beat Mike Ashmole 14-10. All this means that Shirley Corrin is in first place with thirty three points followed by Win Kewley on twenty eight points and Gordon Corrin with twenty seven points.

 

 

Moore and Boland win 3R’s Indoor Pairs Championship

Alan Morre and Glen Boland with their trophy

Last week we saw some great bowling in the 3R’s Indoor Bowls Pairs Championship with Alan Moore and Glen Boland finally coming through to win the event for the first time after a thrilling Final against Brian Lindsay and Edward Carlyle.

At the Quarter Final stage we saw Alan Moore and Glen Boland take the win against Gary Lenton and Dee Lewis while Colin Brown and Mike Thomas were beaten by Shaun Seal and Ian Moore. In the other half of the draw Brian Lindsay and Edward Carlyle beat Paula and Stuart Garrett and Wayne Roberts and Trevor Quayle went through to the Semi Finals by beating Peter Hughes and Tony Epifani.

This brought us through to Friday night with the Semi Finals and Final being played and those who  came to spectate were treated to a wonderful display of bowling and in the Semi Finals the pairing of Lindsay and Carlyle played a fantastic game to beat Wayne Roberts and Trevor Quayle and on the night Alan Moore and Glen Boland were just to good for Shaun Seal and Ian Moore.

The Final saw the pairing of Moore and Boland start well and build up an early lead and it looked to be all over when it came to the last of the ten ends this duo led 8-5 but an amazing strike by Edward Carlyle left him and Brian Lindsay ‘lying’ game and Alan Moore had the final bowl of the game. Alan despite the pressure kept his composure to play the ‘perfect’ bowl meaning that he and partner Glen Boland became the 2023 3R’s Indoor Bowls Pairs Champions winning with a final score of 9-5.

The President of the Isle of Man Indoor Bowling Association then congratulated the winners and thanked the Sponsor Rob Matthews of 3R’s for his sponsorship and anyone who had helped in running the competition and the trophies were then presented by Rob Matthews.